Isolation of multidrug-resistant Klebsiella oxytoca carrying blaIMP-8, associated with OXY hyperproduction, in the intensive care unit of a community hospital in Spain

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1071-1073

  Conejo, M Carmen ^a   Domínguez, M Carmen ^b   López Cerero, Lorena ^a,c   Serrano, Lara ^c   Rodríguez Bano, Jesus ^a,c   Pascual, Alvaro ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b Merced Hospital   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbapenems; Enterobacteriaceae; Resistance

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZTREONAM; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TIGECYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; BETA LACTAMASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SPAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAMASES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; SPAIN;

EID: 77953720167     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkq063     Document Type: Letter

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